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by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: TUG Talk
Topic: The Vitriol against M/M Material
Replies: 26
Views: 9536

Re: The Vitriol against M/M Material

Sorry you guys go through that. There's no excuse for that kind of intolerance in spaces like this that are supposed to be welcoming to fantasies that others might view as distasteful. Kinky spaces can be so complicated though. What one person likes can repulse another. We can't really help what mak...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 15 Posted 2022-10-15

Like I said, I'm not comfortable with the idea that empathy is supposed to be conditional on differences that seem fairly arbitrary to me. If anything, I feel more sorry for someone who's alone in their suffering than someone who's at least surrounded by people who can relate to them.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 15 Posted 2022-10-15

I think [mention]BlissfulMisery[/mention] hit the nail on the head. It is a non-consensual tie-up story, so some cruelty is to be expected. What confuses me is that there are plenty of non-consensual stories on this site, including ones I've written myself, where people are even more cruel with far ...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 15 Posted 2022-10-15

I still find myself a bit perplexed when I get the "dark" or "dystopian" comments. Not because I don't understand why you guys are seeing the story that way, but more at myself for writing things that way when I continue to see this as overall an escapist fantasy. Makes me wonder...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 15 Posted 2022-10-15

[mention]GreyLord[/mention] Thanks much! [mention]BlissfulMisery[/mention]- It's interesting how that works. It's dark because it represents an escalation of the conflict to a level we haven't seen yet, which was my intention, but on its surface it's just killing someone in a video game, which isn't...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Adults
Topic: Tension (?/F) *Completed*
Replies: 32
Views: 11397

Re: Tension (?/F) *Chapter 2 Posted Oct 9th*

It was definitely a bold choice to make both characters anonymous. I think it worked well though. Keeps the focus where it's supposed to be, on the helplessness of the captive and the intensity of the interaction.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

Today's update once again comes with an illustration, this time commissioned from 00m : https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/7c53ea70-4676-44f8-a86d-89e06ca80354/dfe2ngn-8b9a3023-9bcb-4b20-a5c3-99d6a64800cc.png/v1/fill/w_1600,h_889,q_80,strp/wild_screwup_by_00m_dfe2ngn-fullview....
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)
Replies: 15
Views: 7337

Re: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)

I have to congratulate you. I think you've really succeeded in shaking up the formula and adding some more tension to the stories. Can't wait to see what trouble they run into in New Mexico and Texas.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

Haha, well I'm just saying that I hope I can maintain some variety with the torments going forward. Virtual world economics has actually been a particular interest of mine for awhile now, so I actually have put some thought into the economy of Happy Trails. I'm happy to talk about it! Some things ar...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)
Replies: 15
Views: 7337

Re: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)

You seemed to have taken my advice to heart. Glad to see it. :)

Hm, they said they didn't want to visit California, so that means either Nevada or Idaho are next. I may have a personal connection to one or both of those...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

Part of the reason for the emphasis on tickling is trying to strike the right balance and not have the story be considered too extreme for the forum. I get the impression that the "acceptable" torments in the stories for everyone are basically down to tickling, spanking, and bad smells. I ...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

Thanks for your comment! I'm really glad you decided to check out this story. I appreciate the way you notice all those details. You raise a good point about interests changing as people grow up. So far I haven't really explored that aspect, as pretty much everyone featured so far is a lifer in one ...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Beyond tugstories.com
Topic: Captivepenny Stories (I believe all are F/F)
Replies: 30
Views: 77910

Re: Captivepenny Stories (I believe all are F/F)

Looks fine to me, although I don't know what it looked like before. I see a story section and everything.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)
Replies: 15
Views: 7337

Re: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)

I'm glad my comment didn't offend. :) To be clear, though, my advice applies to most of your stories, not just this one. Almost all the ones I've read by you would benefit from some more twists and turns to add more tension, conflict, and surprise. That and some more flavor would make them stand out...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Suggestions and Comments
Topic: Signature and image upload trouble
Replies: 5
Views: 6477

Re: Signature and image upload trouble

Your link goes to the page the image is on, not the image itself.

Easy fix: Just go scroll to where it says BBCode on that site and use that.

In other cases, you can get the image url by right-clicking and choosing "copy image link" or "copy image url."
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

[mention]Mineira1986[/mention] Thanks for that amazing breakdown! A lot of this was definitely not intentional. I'm more-or-less writing this story chapter-by-chapter, so any overarching themes are unintentional. Singing Laura, for instance, was only created as an audience surrogate for Sweet Becky ...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Suggestions and Comments
Topic: Concerning gender tags: which side of the slash is which?
Replies: 2
Views: 3954

Concerning gender tags: which side of the slash is which?

Making this post because of this thread: https://tugstories.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=18615&p=139522#p139522 There's a small disagreement on whether it should be tier/tied or tied/tier. As far as I can see, the rules don't actually specify. Could you please let us know if there is an official ...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The School Bondage Club (ff/f, f/m, f/f, mm/f,)
Replies: 19
Views: 10067

Re: The School Bondage Club (f/ff, m/f,)

I think should be f/m, since it's a male who's getting tied up. At least that's how I've seen most people do it, but now that I look, I'm not sure it's written in the rules anywhere. Good to see Lucas enjoyed his experience. I haven’t seen anything about which way it has to be (correct me if I’m wr...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)
Replies: 15
Views: 7337

Re: The Games Players: America (MF/MFmf)

“Mummy, why are the girls like that?” Guess it was a British-American family. =P I'm going to be candid. I know I'm not the first to tell you that your stories all seem to go the same way, but it feels like a particularly wasted opportunity in this one to not use the change in setting as a reason t...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The School Bondage Club (ff/f, f/m, f/f, mm/f,)
Replies: 19
Views: 10067

Re: The School Bondage Club (f/ff, m/f,)

I think should be f/m, since it's a male who's getting tied up. At least that's how I've seen most people do it, but now that I look, I'm not sure it's written in the rules anywhere.

Good to see Lucas enjoyed his experience.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: The School Bondage Club (ff/f, f/m, f/f, mm/f,)
Replies: 19
Views: 10067

Re: The School Bondage Club (f/ff)

I like the premise of this story, and the second chapter was good. You should probably update your gender tags, though.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 14 Posted 2022-09-23

[mention]GreyLord[/mention] - Technically, she was introduced all the way back in Chapter 9, but this is the first chapter where she's played any significant role. She was actually created for this story by a friend of mine. [mention]Caesar73[/mention] - Thanks! I was worried it might come across as...
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: TUG Talk
Topic: Rollercoaster Bondage
Replies: 8
Views: 3452

Re: Rollercoaster Bondage

Reidy wrote: 1 year ago I would imagine a dastardly villain tying up a damsel on a roller coaster track, but not the car itself being used for bondage.
That happened in Roger Rabbit, didn't it?
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 13 + New Illustration Posted 2022-09-16

Little trivia here: The vocabulary of the sign language used in this chapter is inspired by the toki pona conlang.

Also, tagging everyone didn't really seem to make that much difference, so I think what I'll do is is save it for significant milestone chapters in the future.
by Shotrow
1 year ago
Forum: Fictional Stories For Everyone
Topic: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 20 Posted 2024-04-08
Replies: 211
Views: 77033

Re: Riders of the Midnight Sun (f+/f+) Chapter 13 + New Illustration Posted 2022-09-16

Despite being gagged and occasionally pestered to learn more of the code language, working in the pastures was actually kind of relaxing for Sweet Becky. It made her feel like she was back at Clever Anne's ranch. She worked at a brisk pace, knowing that every shovel full of dirt and debris she loade...